Hamrah Dom

Hamrah Dom (Arabic: حمرة دوم) is a small village in Upper Egypt. It is situated near the city of Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor.^[1]

Hamrah Dom
Hamrah Dom Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°6′N 32°20′E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Qena
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Overview

Located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate. It is known for being near the Jabal al-Tarif cliff ^[2] in which the Gnostic Gospels of the Nag Hammadi library were found ^[3] by Mohammed Ali Samman in December 1945.^[4] Known to have been inhabited by the Hawara tribe at least during the period prior to and including 1945.^[5]

See also

• Nag Hammadi library
• Nag Hammâdi

References

1. GNS official US names database^{[permanent dead link]} 00:14 (UTC), 16 December 2007
2. James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smith books.google.co.uk The Nag Hammadi library in English BRILL, 1996 ISBN 9004088563[Retrieved 2011-12-16]
3. see description for image 25 - photographs taken at the time of an excavation retrieved 17:32 (UTC) 24.10.2011
4. The Nag Hammadi discovery of manuscripts retrieved 00:08(UTC), December 16th, 2007
5. James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smith books.google.co.uk The Nag Hammadi library in English BRILL, 1996 ISBN 9004088563[Retrieved 2011-12-16]

External links

• Nag Hammadi library ( article with five photographs and a map) retrieve 00:14(UTC), 16 December 2007

26°6′0″N 32°20′0″E